Hand-planter.



B. SLUSHER.

HAND PLANTER.

APPLICATION FILED sPT.20.19\1.

Patented June 2f, 1918.

wmntef albumi nUNITED STATES PATEN T FFIQE.

BERRY SLUSHER, OF ROARK, KENTUCKY.

HAND-PLANTER.

Application filed September 20, 191,7.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, BERRY SLUsiinR, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Roark, in the county of Leslie and State ofKentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hand-Planters,

of whichv the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in hand planters for corn andsimilar substances and its principal object is to provide a device ofthis character by means of which two different substances may be plantedat the same time.

Another object of the invention is to provide a receptacle for thesubstances to be planted,l which, receptacle is divided into twocompartments with means for converting the two into one largecompartment that may be, used when only one substance is to be planted.

Still another object of the invention is to provide in a device of thiskind regulating means whereby a specified number of grains may beplanted.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a hand planter whichmay be easily and cheaply made, which will be effective and durable inproportion and which can be placed on the market at a low price.

Other and further objects will appear as the device is set forth indetail in the description which follows. To the specified embodiment inwhich it is shown in the drawings the invention is not to be restricted.The actual reduction to practice may suggest certain desirablealterations or changes and these the right is reserved to make providedthey do not depart from the spirit of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the graim ejecting plate.

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

In detail the device consists of a wedgeshaped member 1 which is hollowon the interior and Whose ends are provided with the triangular openings2. The plate 3 is rigidly connected to the Wedge-shaped member 1 on oneof its sides, While a plate 4 is Specification of Letters Patent.

Patel'lted June 25, 1.918.

Serial No. 192,357.

hingedly connected to this member on the other of its sides, asindicated by 5. Both the plates 3 and el have attached to them, in anysuitable manner on their outer faces at their upper ends, the handles(5.

The receptacle 7 is suitably attached on the outer face of the plate 3,this receptacle having three walls of its own, the plate acting as afourth wall. This receptacle is suitably covered by a lid 8 hingedlyattached,

to the plate 3. A partition 9 divides the receptacle 7 longitudinallyinto two compartments which, for practical purposes7 it is found best toarrange in two different sizes. Therefore, the partition 9 divides thereceptacle into compartments l() and l1 which are of differentcapacities. The partition 9 is slidably supported in the receptacle 7between beads l2 which are suitably attached one pair on the plate 3 andone pair on the front wall ol the riafeptaele, both pairs being interiorto the receptacle.

A gate 13 is hingedly attached on the bottom of the receptacle 7, sothat when it stands vertically the partition 9 will rest upon its freeend and the partition -9 is provided at its bottomd end with a pivotallymounted U-shaped catch which straddles the free end of the gate 13. ThisU-shaped catch comprises the members let which are rigidly attached tothe stud 15 after the latter has been inserted through the partition 9in which it has pivotal movement.

A grain-cjecting plate 1G is pivotally supported at one end on a rod 17which is suitably held between two ears 18 attached on the inner face ofthe plate l. The plate lu is divided for the greater part of its lengthso that it may project into the receptacle 7 on either side of the gate13. Thus one portion of the plate 1G projects into the compartment 11and the other portion projects into the compartment 10. The plate 3 isprovided with transverse slots to permit the divided portion of theplate 16 to pass through it into the receptacle 17 and the bottom 19 ofthe latter is depressed at certain portions to permit the plate 16 tolie flush with the bottom when inserted its full distance into thereceptacle 7.

Apex-tures 20 are formed in the plate 16 in the divided end thereof, thenarrower leg of this divided end having a small aperture. On the bottomface of the plate 16 and set into the latter so that they lie flushtherewith there are plates 21. These plates are Y 23 formed in the plate16. The plates 2 1' held in position by fiat head screws 22 which passthrough body holes formed in them and screw into any one of the threadedholes are intended as adjusting means for varying the areas of theapertures 20, and therefore, their convex ends are generated to the sameradii as the radii of the apertures 20. Thus the screws 22 may be madeto engage different holes of the holes 23 to so position the plates 21that the areas of the apertures 20 may be varied. Connecting with thetop of the wedge -shaped member 1 and with theA longitudinal edges ofthe plates 3 and 4t, there are flexible pieces 24 composed of eitherleather or some suitable fabric, these pieces being long enough toextend up the plates 3 and i to a point above where the plate 16 isattached. The object of these flexible pieces is to permit the freemovement of the plates toward or from each other which is necessary toeffect the operaY tion of the planter.

ln operation, the compartments 10 and 11 are filled with two differentsubstances to be planted.

is common for farmers to plant these two together to allow the cornstalk to act as a pole on which the bean vines may climb. [as the plates3 and el are oscillated the grains of the two substances drop down intothe apertures 20 and when the two plates 3 and i have been moved theextreme distances from each other the apertures 20 are withdrawn fromthe receptacle 7 and the grains which have previously fallen into theapertures 2O are permitted to drop down between the plates 3 and l andto pass out the open ends of the wedgenshaped member 1, this latterhaving previously been inserted in the ground when the plates 3 and 4twere close together. Y

The areas of the apertures 20 may be varied as before explained, topermit the dropping of a. specified number of grains in planting. In theevent that it is desired to plant only one substance, the U-shaped catchpreviously referred to may be disengaged from the free end of the gate13, permitting the latter to swing either to one side or t e other ofthe receptacle as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The swinging of thisY It is presumed that these two substances are corn and beans since 1t.

gate to one side of the receptacle renders inoperative one of theapertures 20 and directs the substance being planted to the remainingaperture 20. In using the device for planting only one substance, thereis no need for the partition 9 and it may be withdrawn from between thebeads 12.

' The invention Vhaving been set forth what is claimed as new and usefulis:

1. A hand planter comprising a wedgeshaped member having openings ateither end, a pair of plates attached to thismember, one rigidlyconnected therewith and the other having hinged connection, a receptaclecarried by the rigidly connected plate, a grain-ejecting plate havingpivotal connection with the hingedly connected plate, the grainejectingplate entering the receptacle and being provided with apertures by meansof which the grain is withdrawn from the latter and dropped into thewedge-shaped member, and flexible pieces attached to the wedge-shapedmember and to the edges of the plates and extending to 'a point abovethat at which the grain-ejecting plate is connected.

2. The combination in a hand planter of a pair of oscillatory platesconjoined at their lower ends and having means for receiving betweenthem and discharging therefrom a substance to be planted, a receptacleattached to one of said plates, a partition member removably secured inthe receptacle, a swinging gate hingedly attached to the bottom ofthereceptacle and secured in a4 vertical position by the partitionmember, and a grain-ejecting plate pivotally connected with the other ofsaid oscillatoryV plates, said grain-ejecting plates slidably enteringthe receptacle and having a divided end, whereby one of said divisionswill enter the receptacle on either side of said gate, each of the saiddivisions being provided with an aperture by means of which substancesbeing planted may be withdrawn Y opiea of this patent may be obtainedfor ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner o2 Entente,

Washington, D. C.

